The Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Mississippi and local health experts say it’s only a matter of time before it is found in Shelby County. Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science center are using sequence testing to detect the variant.
At Thanksgiving, it’s not uncommon to eat a 4500 calorie meal. That’s 2000 calories above the recommended daily amount, and it can throw the blood sugar into a frenzy. It’s downright dangerous for people with diabetes or prediabetes. November is National Diabetes Awareness Month. More than 34 million Americans have diabetes. But even more Americans,… Read More
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — There is excitement in a Memphis neighborhood where many with an increased risk of certain health complications, seen in many African Americans, will now have access to healthcare right in their neighborhood. It’s a model doctors are planning to expand to more neighborhoods in the city. “It sustains life, and that’s what… Read More
As healthcare systems continue to deal with staffing shortages, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is adding 109 new nursing residents to its facilities.Memphis area hospitals are also planning on hiring medical students who are about to graduate. “We really have to get each other’s backs now,” said UTHSC student Robert Fredrick.
A new study reveals the importance of mobile stroke units, especially in Memphis where doctors are treating a number of stroke patients during the pandemic. Right now, the mobile stroke unit is stationed at fire station 14 in South Memphis. Unfortunately, it has been out of service since March of last year, partially because of… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center released a troubling graph that predicts area hospitalizations may reach new heights by next week and there’s nothing we can do about it. This concern is because of the rise in COVID cases, but even if you have been vaccinated or simply don’t contract COVID, this may affect… Read More
Across the Mid-South, the new strain has proven to be deadly in some places and now it’s even putting children in the ICU.“I just want them vaccinated so they stay alive that’s the simple thing for me, I just want people vaccinated so they stay alive,” said Dean Scott Strome, UTHSC College of Medicine Executive… Read More
COVID-19 vaccines are still widely available across Memphis.Cordelia’s Market in Harbor Town is offering COVID-19 vaccines Saturday, July 10.
